New Spring Strings By Douglas Heselgrave “Music is better” – Frank Zappa Music is the most versatile and portable of all the art forms. I’ve been thinking about that a lot lately as I’ve been working my way through […]
Doug Heselgrave is a writer and editor based in Vancouver, Canada.
Blessed with clumsy guitar fingers and a two note vocal range, Doug's work often appears at www.pastemagazine.com, www.nodepression.com and www.restlessandreal.blogspot.ca
New Spring Strings By Douglas Heselgrave “Music is better” – Frank Zappa Music is the most versatile and portable of all the art forms. I’ve been thinking about that a lot lately as I’ve been working my way through […]
The last recordings of John Martyn Review by Doug Heselgrave John Martyn never made much of a splash in North America, but in Europe and the UK he was a legend for more than three decades. He came out […]
New Spring Favourites By Douglas Heselgrave “Music is better” – Frank Zappa Music is the most versatile and portable of all the art forms. I’ve been thinking about that a lot lately as I’ve been working my […]
Grateful Dead Archivist David Lemieux discusses the road to the Complete Europe 72 A conversation with Doug Heselgrave It’s been some time since the Grateful Dead have made front page news around the world or created a buzz […]
A conversation with Doug Heselgrave Alison Krauss is one of the greatest singers in modern country music and needs no introduction. A performer since she was little more than a child, Krauss’ career has been characterized by her personal […]
So Beautiful or So What? By Paul Simon Review by Douglas Heselgrave “Ain’t it strange the way we’re ignorant How we seek out bad advice How we jigger it and figure it Mistaking Value for the price And play […]
Photographs by Michael O’Brien Poetry by Tom Waits Review by Douglas Heselgrave See I remind them all That there is a bottom A bottom I remind them all That there is a bottom, Lord Oh yes, there is […]
Two new tribute records celebrate the music of Robert Johnson and Mississippi Fred McDowell Reviews by Douglas Heselgrave Like a lot of kids growing up in the sixties and seventies, I discovered the blues early. For suburban youngsters like myself, the […]
Small Source of Comfort Review by Douglas Heselgrave Bruce Cockburn has always been a brave artist. In the 42 years that have passed since the singer and guitarist released his first album there aren’t many musical styles that he […]
Road Trips Volume 4, Number 2 Review by Doug Heselgrave For the third installment of this bootleg series, I’ll take a closer look at a new release from what must be the most often recorded band of all time. […]